IBM Netezza Performance Server vs Microsoft Analytics Platform System comparison

IBM Netezza Performance Server vs. Microsoft Analytics Platform System

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IBM Netezza Performance Server

Ranking in Data Warehouse

12th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Microsoft Analytics Platfor...

Ranking in Data Warehouse

17th

Average Rating

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of IBM Netezza Performance Server is 4.0%, up from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Analytics Platform System is 0.7%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Shemal Gandhi

Lead Oracle DBA | IBM Neteeza Admin | Consultant at Capgemini

Aug 16, 2023

A cost-effective data warehousing tool, but security features like TDE encryption are missing

IBM Netezza Performance Server is a basic data warehousing tool we use for internal reporting IBM Netezza Performance Server is a cost-effective solution. Oracle Exadata's security features, like TDE encryption, are missing in IBM Netezza Performance Server. I have been working with IBM Netezza…

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MahmoudMohamed1

Senior Data Engineer at Tatweer Educational Technologies Company - TETCO

Dec 27, 2023

Offers smooth data integration between systems, but requires better real-time analytics capabilities

We mainly use it for high-level decision-making insights in the education industry. We also use it for operational reports and data integration between systems We leverage its capabilities for many applications. We can integrate with our databases, like Oracle, MySQL, or any other, using…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Distribution concurrency control."

"The underlying hardware that IBM provides with this appliance is made for a specific purpose, to serve performance on a large amount of data, and to do analytics as well. It is faster, when you compare it to any other product."

"The benefit is really because of the additional speed that we have and, truth be told, the more updated ETL processes and the revamped scheduler in general."

"The data governance prospect... from what I've seen, that is a really powerful tool as well, to help with data lineage and keeping track of that."

"The most valuable feature would be the fact that it has been running for awhile in an appliance format."

"We are able to execute very complex queries. Over 90 percent of our query executions are one second or less. We do millions of queries everyday."

"IBM Netezza Performance Server is a cost-effective solution."

"The performance is most important to me, and it helps our ability to make business decisions quickly."

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"It is closely integrated with other products in the MS portfolio."

"Helps our customers to discover trends, which provides useful information based on their business."

"This solution will connect to any database, you can combine databases, and you can create a cube or tabular model."

"This is a well-integrated solution and that integration empowers results."

"Microsoft Analytics Platform System's most valuable feature is its ecosystems and seamless integration with other Microsoft reporting platforms and databases."

"The Cube Solution is quite different when compared to the rest of the competition and has unique functionality for advanced analytics."

"I like that it's integrated with other Azure products."

"We leverage its capabilities for many applications. We can integrate with our databases, like Oracle, MySQL, or any other, using Microsoft Integration Services."

Cons

"Oracle Exadata's security features, like TDE encryption, are missing in IBM Netezza Performance Server."

"Our main problem with it is concurrency. When there are too many users running Netezza at the same time, this is when we have the most complaints."

"LIke Teradata, we can’t add a node/SPU to the existing appliance."

"We are not able to scale. The only way to scale is to get another appliance, but we have a customers who would need us to hydrate the data between the two appliances, and Netezza does not do that."

"The scalability is not as expected. The capacity in the black box is not enough."

"Concurrency limit needs to be increased somewhat."

"IBM Netezza Performance Server could improve its interface, support for big data, and APA-based connectivity should be available."

"In terms of features that I would like to see, one is the ability to actually scale out an architecture. Right now, if you buy one, it's fixed. There is no scale-up availability at all."

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"The pricing model needs to be improved."

"We need better real-time analytics capabilities. It's a bit challenging for us."

"Microsoft Analytics Platform System could have better support."

"Releases of new products and functionality is never accompanied by associated documentation, training and resources that adequately explain the release."

"I think the biggest problem with the product is that it does a data ingest model, which is very expensive."

"The flexibility of this solution needs to be improved because you cannot make changes at every one of the different steps."

"Hybrid environments are complex to manage."

"Functionality needs to be more up-to-date with competing products."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is very expensive. It has a lot CPUs with a lot of components in it. It also has built-in redundancy for resiliency reasons."

"The solution has a yearly licensing fee, and users have to pay extra for support."

"Netezza is a costly solution. It does serve a specific purpose but it's costlier than what's available in the market, if you go to the cloud."

"Users have to pay extra for premium-level technical support."

"The initial price is lower than Oracle, but extensive use of SQL may lead to a higher total cost of ownership."

"We are currently paying $200,000 a year for all the different parts of the suite during an ingest model Microsoft now charges us $700,000 a year."

"I rate Microsoft Analytics Platform System a seven out of ten for pricing."

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it_user232068

Senior Data Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Aug 5, 2015

Netezza vs. Teradata

Original published at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/should-i-choose-net Two leading Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) architectures for Data Warehousing (DW) are IBM PureData System for Analytics (formerly Netezza) and Teradata. I thought talking about the similarities and differences…

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Top Industries

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Educational Organization

73%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Insurance Company

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM Netezza Performance Server?

IBM Netezza Performance Server is a cost-effective solution.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Netezza Performance Server?

The solution has a yearly licensing fee, and users have to pay extra for support.

What needs improvement with IBM Netezza Performance Server?

Oracle Exadata's security features, like TDE encryption, are missing in IBM Netezza Performance Server.

What do you like most about Microsoft Analytics Platform System?

We leverage its capabilities for many applications. We can integrate with our databases, like Oracle, MySQL, or any other, using Microsoft Integration Services.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Analytics Platform System?

It's not too confusing. It's based on features, and we don't have to buy additional licenses.

What needs improvement with Microsoft Analytics Platform System?

We need better real-time analytics capabilities. It's a bit challenging for us. Moreover, there are some permission limitations.

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Also Known As

Netezza Performance Server, Netezza

Microsoft APS, MS Analytics Platform System

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Overview

IBM Netezza appliances are now part of IBM PureSystems - expert integrated systems with built in expertise, integration by design and a simplified user experience. Part of the PureData family, the Netezza appliance is now known as the PureData System for Analytics. It has the same key design tenets of simplicity, speed, scalability and analytics power that was fundamental to Netezza appliances.

The Microsoft Analytics Platform System can meet the demands of your evolving data warehouse environment with its scale-out, massively parallel processing integrated system supporting hybrid data warehouse scenarios. It provides the ability to query across relational and non-relational data by leveraging Microsoft PolyBase and industry-leading big data technologies. It offers the lowest price per terabyte for large data warehouse workloads.

Sample Customers

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IBM Netezza Performance Server vs. Microsoft Analytics Platform System